I think it comes down to this; many of us love the brand new finish and look that Thor can give a gun, but we also like the rugged truthfulness of a used but not abused gun.
OT, but this is what happens when you do a picture:
If you put the URL, which "holds" the picture betwen the following groups of words NO SPACES, then the picture does the following:
[img] URL [/img] This makes the picture show up here on the screen
[thumb] URL [/thumb] This makes a larger picture show up on the screen but makes it look smaller
NO [IMG] and the URL is a link and you click on it to show the picture on another browser screen.
You can manually type in the img words with brackets, and the url or you can go to the Post Reply area and post it there.
I think many people make posting a picture more difficult in their own mind than it is. Using your background, such as, if you were an engineer, think of it as steps to fix. #1 place photo at John's server, then show where photo is, then display it for others, etc.
I can make a very detailed and confusing diagram if anyone is interested.
Ed